Do you still think that Java EE is heavy-weight, cumbersome and doesn’t keep up with modern trends? Then let’s explore the Java EE world to find out how Java EE has improved a lot since the old J2EE days. I’ll show you that there are already production-ready enterprise and opensource solutions to bring more flexibility than the traditional Java EE servers from the past. Many major vendors, including IBM, Red Hat and Payara, strive to provide lightweight and extensible runtimes to power microservices, cloud deployments and reactive architectures already. Their individual efforts are naturally followed by an open collaboration within the MicroProfile.io initiative.

I invite you to join the adventure with me and follow the quest for a new generation enterprise Java platform. We will explore what has happened recently in the world of enterprise Java, including the progress of the future Java EE specifications, and the features already provided by some interesting open-source projects. Afterward, we will discover what the MicroProfile.io initiative is and how its future direction can be formed even with your contribution. All illustrated by live coding and demonstrations.

Moderator Ken Finnigan is joined by special guests for this panel session delving into Eclipse MicroProfile.

Eclipse MicroProfile is bridging the gap between Enterprise Java and Microservices, fostered through open collaboration of the Enterprise Java community. Though still being in its infancy, great strides have been taken already with many more to follow.

The panel will briefly cover what has been achieved in the first year since inception, and also cover upcoming releases and proposals being worked on in the community. Most of the BOF will be our panel answering questions from you, the community, about where Eclipse MicroProfile is heading and general discussion of ideas that the community considers important for Eclipse MicroProfile.

About Ondrej Mihalyi

Ondrej (@omihalyi) is a software developer and consultant specializing in combining standard and proven tools to solve new and challenging problems. He's been developing in Java and Java EE for 9 years. As a Scrum Master and experienced Java EE developer he's helped companies to build and educate their development teams, improve their development processes and be flexible and successful in meeting client requirements. He loves working with Java EE community and would welcome anyone to contribute to Payara, as well as to any other open source project in the Java EE ecosystem.

About Payara

Payara Server - Derived from GlassFish, with 24/7 Production Support.
Payara Server is a drop in replacement for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, with the peace of mind of quarterly releases containing enhancements, bug fixes and patches.